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Plight of Migrant Labourers in Kerala: A Study on the Livelihoods of Migrant Labourers

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Plight of Migrant Labourers in Kerala: A Study on the Livelihoods of Migrant Labourers


Anas M K | Muhammed Ashraf T. M | Sudheesh N T



Anas M K | Muhammed Ashraf T. M | Sudheesh N T "Plight of Migrant Labourers in Kerala: A Study on the Livelihoods of Migrant Labourers" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3, April 2022, pp.444-447, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49562.pdf

The movement of people in search of better economic conditions and a more secure environment is as old as human history. Such movements not only affect the lives of the migrants profoundly, but also lead to significant economic and social transformation in the regions of origin and destination of the migrants. In-migration of workers to Kerala has a long history. But the recent migration is different in terms of the profile of the migrant workers, the occupation they are engaged in and the magnitude of inflow. Kerala which relies heavily on migrant workers, whose number makes up to close to a tenth of the resident population. The acute shortage of manual labours and semi skilled workers coupled with the keralites reluctance to do manual, menial tasks has led to the influx of people from the north and eastern states. The present study examines the plight of migrant labourers in Kerala. The paper also makes an assessment of the livelihoods of migrant labourers. Livelihood is commonly defined from an economic perspective as an occupation, work or other means by which one earns income to provide the necessities of life. Livelihood Assets including human capital, social capital and financial capital are analysed.

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IJTSRD49562
Volume-6 | Issue-3, April 2022
444-447
IJTSRD | www.ijtsrd.com | E-ISSN 2456-6470
Copyright © 2019 by author(s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

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